Qwen3.5-27B on Apple M4 Pro (48GB)

M4 Pro (48GB) runs Qwen3.5-27B at Q8_0 — 9 tok/s. Usable on 48 GB VRAM — see full quantization options below.

Model Size

27B

Device VRAM

48 GB

Bandwidth

273 GB/s

Quantization

Q8_0

Benchmarks

Performance by Quantization

OwnRig currently has one published compatibility entry for Qwen3.5-27B on Apple M4 Pro (48GB) at Q8_0. This is the best supported pairing we can stand behind today.

Quantization	Speed	TTFT	Fits in VRAM	Rating	Confidence
Q8_0	9 tok/s	–	✓ Yes	Acceptable	benchmarked

Notes

Q8_0

Full quality Q8_0 with 20.4GB headroom. Silicon Score reports a direct M4 Pro 48GB Apple Silicon measurement of 8.5 tok/s at 8bit / MLX.

About Qwen3.5-27B

Qwen3.5-27B (27B) is a chat, coding, ai coding, reasoning, multi-purpose model. Dense 27B from the Qwen 3.5 family. Native multimodal (text, image, video). 256K context window. Competitive with Gemma 3 27B and Qwen 3 32B at lower VRAM. Apache 2.0.

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About Apple M4 Pro (48GB)

Apple M4 Pro (48GB) has 48 GB at 273 GB/s. Available in MacBook Pro 16-inch, Mac Mini.

See all models Apple M4 Pro (48GB) can run →

Source: Direct Apple Silicon measurement for M4 Pro 48GB at 8bit / MLX (8.5 tok/s) (2026-04-11)

Performance varies by driver version, inference engine, quantization method, context length, and system configuration. Figures shown are estimates based on community benchmarks and may not reflect your exact setup. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners. OwnRig is independent and not affiliated with any hardware or AI model provider.